Employment Advocacy

Community Services
- Employment Services
- Footscray, VIC
- Part time

11/4/2025
- 0.8 FTE role supporting inclusive employment for people seeking asylum
- Build partnerships with employers and drive advocacy efforts
- Lead diversity initiatives and coordinate volunteer team

About Us:
Founded in 2001, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is Australia’s largest human rights organisation providing support to people seeking asylum. We are an independent not-for-profit organisation whose programs support and empower people seeking asylum to maximise their own physical, mental and social well being. We champion the rights of people seeking asylum and mobilise a community of compassion to create lasting social and policy change.

We are a values-driven organisation that strives to be part of a change movement that supports people seeking asylum by providing critical services such as assistance with accommodation, food, medical and legal services.

The ASRC movement is proudly supported by a community of committed volunteers and supporters who embrace the organisation’s vision that people seeking asylum can live safely, sustainably, independently and equally.

About the Role:
The Employment Advocacy and Inclusion Advisor plays a key role in creating inclusive employment opportunities for people seeking asylum. The Advisor will build and maintain strategic partnerships with employers, recruiters, and external stakeholders to advocate for equitable workforce participation. This role also involves designing and delivering diversity and inclusion training, coordinating a team of volunteers, and collaborating closely with the Vocational Pathways team to support meaningful employment outcomes.

Key Accountabilities:

- Build and maintain relationships with employers, recruiters, and external partners to create inclusive employment pathways for people seeking asylum
- Develop promotional materials and contribute to marketing strategies to showcase the Vocational Pathways Program and its impact
- Collaborate with the Vocational Pathways team to align employment opportunities with participant goals and skill development needs
- Establish strategic partnerships to support diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, including social procurement and refugee employment
- Design and implement a fee-for-service training model to build employer capacity for inclusive recruitment and retention
- Create networks of diversity champions to support broader advocacy efforts for economic inclusion
- Manage accurate reporting and data collection for evaluation purposes
- Recruit, train, and coordinate a team of volunteers to support program delivery

Essential Skills, Experience & Qualifications:

- Proven experience in recruitment, account management, business development, or a related field
- Demonstrated ability to build strategic partnerships with employers and organisations to improve access and equity for marginalised communities
- Experience designing and delivering training on workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Strong project or program management skills with a record of achieving outcomes on time and within budget
- Solid understanding of Australian labour market trends and the barriers faced by people seeking asylum and refugees
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders
- Experience working in a trauma-informed, culturally responsive manner with people from diverse backgrounds
- Knowledge of the Australian policy landscape affecting people seeking asylum and their rights to work and study

Desirable Skills & Experience
- Lived experience of seeking asylum

Employee Benefits
We recognise and appreciate our incredible staff for their contribution, dedication and passion to support and empower people seeking asylum by providing the following conditions above the relevant modern award.
- Annual Leave Loading of 17.5%
- Additional discretionary leave provisions
- Free onsite car and bicycle parking
- Salary packaging (up to $15,900 per year tax free)
- Entertainment Packaging (up to $2,650 per year tax free)
- Discounts via HR systems provider at grocery and retail outlets
- Close proximity to public transport (100 metres from Footscray station and buses)

Application Process

Applications will be assessed as they come in and job ad may close earlier if role is filled.

Pre-Assessment Application Questions: